Julie Harris

Times and tastes have changed since "Dallas" first aired more than 30 years ago. On TNT's reboot of "Dallas," now in its third season, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) uses language that would never have passed the censors on the original 1978-91 CBS prime-time soap. Neither would some of the sex scenes, especially the midseason finale shocker that found John Ross (Josh Henderson), the devious son of Sue Ellen and the late J.R. Ewing, in bed with two other women. And even good guy Bobby Ewing is no longer perfect, which suits actor Patrick Duffy just fine. "I'm so lucky to be playing Bobby now, because he is a real human being," Duffy said from Oregon,...

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Audra McDonald took home her sixth Tony Award on Sunday, winning for lead actress in a play for her performance as singer Billie Holiday in the revival of "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill."
A tearful McDonald thanked her "mom...

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Julie Harris, who died Saturday at 87, was often described as a Broadway legend, having received a total of six Tony Awards during her career. But like many stage actresses of her generation, Harris frequently toured and spent a lot of time performing...

Julie Harris wasn’t simply one of the great American actors of the 20th century. She represented to those in her profession a reverential ideal. Harris died Saturday at 87 at her home in Chatham, Mass., far away from the bright lights of Broadway. Yet...

Julie Harris, the delicate yet steely grande dame of the stage whose performances earned her a record five Tony Awards and 10 Tony nominations, died Saturday. She was 87.
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Charles Durning, a Tony Award-winning actor whose prolific work in films and television included supporting roles in the classic comedy "Tootsie" and the TV sitcom "Evening Shade," died Monday. He was 89.
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Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
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